Hanger bar lock



Oct. 14, 1969 sHAPlRO ET AL 3,472,385

HANGER BAR LOCK Filed April 18. 1967 INVENT LAURENCE L. SHA 5%0 VINCE/YTPAR/LLO Jim r h GYM A TTORNEY United States Patent 3,472,385 HANGER BARLOCK Laurence L. Shapiro, East Rockaway, N.Y., and Vincent Parillo,Highland Park, N.J., assignors to Bond Stores,

Incorporated, New York, N.Y., a corporation of Maryland Filed Apr. 18,1967, Ser. No. 631,706 Int. Cl. Eb 73/00 US. Cl. 211-7 1 Claim ABSTRACTOF THE DISCLOSURE A device for locking a plurality of hangers onto adisplay bar which includes a guard rail removably and pivotally mountedon one end of the bar, the guard rail having secured thereto a show caselock adapted to receive the bolt for the purpose of holding the rail inlocking position relative to the bar.

This invention relates to security devices and more particularly todevices for securing garment hangers in place on a display case supportbar.

According to the present invention, there is provided a guard railjuxtaposed to a hanger bar in such a manner that hangers suspended fromthe bar may not be removed either singly or collectively while the railis in locking position but are removable collectively, if desired, orindividually when the rail is raised from looking position. It isfrequently necessary in department stores show cases to change garmentdisplays, the individual units of which are hung from separate hangers.It may be appreciated that this procedure requires inordinate time ifeach hanger must be separately suspended within the case. Means forindividually securing the hangers against unwanted removal from thedisplay case are known. Such means, however, prevent collective removaland assembly of the hangers within the case. It is the special advantageof the present invention that there is provided a hanger security devicewhich allows such collective removal and assembly, thereby contributingto the efiiciency of department store employees and to that extent ofthe overall eificiency of store operation while concurrently providingagainst loss due to theft and negligence.

One object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger securitydevice which as a single unit locks as many hangers as are required to asupport bar within a display case.

Other objects and advantages of the invention may be appreciated onreading the following description of an embodiment thereof which istaken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the complete hanger bar securitydevice;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view showing principally the lockingand other control features associated with the guard rail;

FIG. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2, the lockingposition of the guard rail being shown in dotted line;

FIG. 4 is a similar section but taken on line 4--4 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is a similar section but taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 2.

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between a pair of upright members 12 and 14. To one end of the bar 10 issecured pivot support 16 through which there is extended pivot pin 18provided underneath guard rail 20 proximate the member 14.

Partially secured to support member 21 and mounted on the other end ofthe bar 10 is slide bolt 22 having ratchet teeth formed in onelongitudinal edge thereof. Both supports 12 and 21 are adapted to bemounted on any conventional hanger bars. Show case lock 26 operated bykey 28 is mounted on guard rail 20 being positioned to slidably receivebolt 22. An internal locking pin (not shown) is adapted to engage theteeth 24 for locking purposes. In its locking position, the bolt 22extends through the lock to its lowermost teeth as shown in dotted linesin FIG. 1. In this position the concavity of the rail 20 lies nearlyflush on the hanger bar impinging in locking position on the hooks ofhangers being supported thereby.

Extending between the guard rail and the hanger bar is compressionspring 30 mounted about the bolt 22 which extends through the lock 26.The spring is used to urge the rail to open position on opening the lock26. This feature enables the user to use both hands when I removing andassembling hangers on the bar due to the fact that the rail is raisedautomatically on opening lock 26 which is an important convenience tothe person with the responsibility for making display changes.

As shown in FIG. 1, the rail is strengthened by being slightly bowedintermediately in the direction of the bar 10 to prevent forceddistortion of the rail away from the bar at unsupported points whichwould enable unwanted removal of the hangers from the bar when the guardrail is in locked position.

.It is clear that various modifications in the structure could beeffected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the scopeand principle of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger security device comprising a hanger bar, a guardrail bowed intermediately and extending substantially the longitudinallength of said hanger bar and supported thereover, said guard railhaving means for moving relative to the bar from a locking to an openposition, and locking means for securing said guard rail in lookingposition with respect to said hanger bar, one end of said rail beingpivotally supported on said bar and said securing means includes ashowcase lock mounted on said rail, a slide bolt extending through saidlock and pivotally mounted on said bar, and means mounted on said slidebolt are provided for biasing said guard rail into open positionrelative to said bar.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,233,576 7/1917 Higgins 211-73,297,165 1/1967 Radek 211-46 FOREIGN PATENTS 176,150 5/ 1952 Austria.

MARVIN A. CHAMPION, Primary Examiner R. L. WOLFE, Assistant Examiner US.Cl. X.R.

Referring to the drawings, hanger bar 10 is supported 21.1-124

